Particles carried from Earth’s poles via our planet’s magnetosphere could be interacting with lunar rocks to create small quantities of water on the moon. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/earth-wind-may-generate-water-on-moon…
Tag: desert
Why do deserts get so cold at night?
Desert temperatures can fluctuate greatly between day and night, due to the poor heat-retaining properties of sand and a lack of humidity. Source: https://www.livescience.com/why-do-deserts-get-cold-at-night.html
The search for life beyond Earth
Mars may now be considered a barren, icy desert but did Earth’s nearest neighbour once harbour life? Source: https://phys.org/news/2021-02-life-earth-1.html…
Dark streaks on Mars may be caused by salts and melting ice
Researchers at the SETI Institute say that unusual dark streaks on sun-facing slopes on Mars, debated about for years, may be small landslides caused by a combination of salts and melting ice just below the surface. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/mars-dark-streaks-melting-ice-recurring-slope-lineae…
Can you see Canopus, the 2nd-brightest star?
Here’s how to spot Canopus, the 2nd-brightest star in the sky as seen from Earth, on February evenings. Source: https://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/few-know-the-second-brightest-star-canopus…
Ice covers the Sahara Desert for just 4th time in 50 years
The dunes of the northwestern Sahara desert were streaked with ice on Tuesday, creating a surreal landscape Source: https://www.livescience.com/sahara-desert-ice-beautiful-photos.html
First ever high-res image taken of rare gazelles in a desert setting
Ugo Mellone captured the first ever high-resolution image of a rare Cuvier’s gazelle (and her calf) in a desert environment using a technique called photo trapping Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24933183-300-first-ever-high-res-image-taken-of-rare-gazelles-in-a-desert-setting/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Desert geckos glow neon green in the moonlight, scientists discover
Special skin cells give desert geckos from Namibia a neon-green glow. Source: https://www.livescience.com/gecko-fluorescent-green-glow.html
Astronomers agree: Universe is nearly 14 billion years old
From an observatory high above Chile’s Atacama Desert, astronomers have taken a new look at the oldest light in the universe. Source: https://phys.org/news/2021-01-astronomers-universe-billion-years.html…
An Asteroid the Size of a Dwarf Planet Is Lurking In Our Solar System
Long-time Slashdot reader fahrbot-bot summarizes an article from LiveScience: There’s a giant asteroid somewhere out in the solar system, and it hurled a big rock at Earth. The evidence for this mystery space rock comes from a diamond-studded meteor that exploded over Sudan in 2008. NASA had spotted the 9-ton (8,200 kilograms), 13-foot (4 meters) meteor heading toward the planet well…